Tuesday, September 28, 2010
1 John 1: 3;7
That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son, JESUS Christ.
If we walk in the light,as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the Blood of JESUS Christ, His Son, cleanseth us from all sin.
These two verses from 1 John give us a picture of fellowship which is both temporal and spiritual. We can best understand it as vertical and horizontal. The vertical fellowship is between us and GOD the Father and the Son, JESUS. This Spiritual relationship brings wisdom, light, understanding, strength, healing and the building up of us in His way and life. The horizontal fellowship is with one another and those with whom we associate.
When the vertical and the horizontal are in balance, they form a cross. This is the cross that we are to carry throughout our life. It is JESUS Christ in us, reaching out to the world through us, bringing hope, mercy and unconditional love as the bright light in a dark world.
The Church filled with people who are living the vertical life and reaching out to others, fulfill the great commandment: Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. (Mark 12:30,31)
AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS CLEANSETH US FROM ALL SIN
1 John 1: 3;7
That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son, JESUS Christ.
If we walk in the light,as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the Blood of JESUS Christ, His Son, cleanseth us from all sin.
These two verses from 1 John give us a picture of fellowship which is both temporal and spiritual. We can best understand it as vertical and horizontal. The vertical fellowship is between us and GOD the Father and the Son, JESUS. This Spiritual relationship brings wisdom, light, understanding, strength, healing and the building up of us in His way and life. The horizontal fellowship is with one another and those with whom we associate.
When the vertical and the horizontal are in balance, they form a cross. This is the cross that we are to carry throughout our life. It is JESUS Christ in us, reaching out to the world through us, bringing hope, mercy and unconditional love as the bright light in a dark world.
The Church filled with people who are living the vertical life and reaching out to others, fulfill the great commandment: Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. (Mark 12:30,31)
AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS CLEANSETH US FROM ALL SIN
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